MEET: 7.00am – Telopea Park Car Park (east side of park, near intersection of Telopea Park Road East and Gosse Street)

RUN: Telopea Park and East Basin (via Wetlands) – Circuit around East Basin of Lake Burley Griffin (10.1km)

BREAKFAST: Gryphons Café, 16 Barker Street, Griffith Shops

• From Telopea Park head north east towards the lake, passing Bowen Park, and turn right through the Kingston Foreshore along Eastlake Parade then turning left onto Eyre Street.
• Towards the end of Eyre St take a dirt path on the left into the wetlands.
• Follow this path around the wetlands arriving at a carpark. Cross the carpark and continue on bike path parallel to the old Dairy Flat Road.
• Cross the Molonglo River and veer left onto bike path running along the north bank of the river.
• Follow this until King’s Avenue Bridge, run under the bridge and loop back up and right onto the bridge and cross the lake.
• Veer right after crossing bridge, take the underpass back to lake edge.
• Turn right and follow lake back to Bowen Park, turn right, cross Wentworth Avenue and back to Telopea Park

Annual Christmas Run

Our Annual Christmas Run this year coincides with the graduation run for our current batch of Rookie Runners. Join us to celebrate their success at Burley Griffin Parkrun on Saturday 14 December. Don’t forget your Parkrun barcode!

Meet: 7.45am, Weston Park – Parkrun starts at 8.00am on the dot.

Run: Burley Griffin Parkrun (5km) – start earlier for a longer run so that you can do the Parkrun from 8am

Breakfast: Bring a plate to share

Coffee: Provided at the Yarralumla Playstation (get a FIT stamp and show it when you order your coffee)

*Please note the change to summer start time for the Saturday Run.

Meet: 7.00am, Chifley Shops, Eggleston Crescent, Chifley

Run: Mount Taylor Loop (8 to 10km)

Breakfast: A Bite to Eat, Shop 8 Chifley Place, Chifley (please park at rear of YMCA – MacLaurin Street Chifley)

• Follow footpath under Eggleston Cres and take bike path on right, along Waldock
• At the top of hill, turn left and pick fire trail heading south around Mt Taylor in clockwise direction (approx. 8km)
• For a longer run, head down to Athllon Drive and back, then do the return loop around Mt Taylor.
• Alternatively, on return to outbound trail, re-trace run back to start (10.3km incl Athllon Drive extension, hilly – slightly less (10km) if do an out and back to Athllon Drive but less hilly).

MEET: 7.30am at Lake Ginninderra, Evelyn Parker Place, off Beissel Street, Belconnen Town Centre.

RUN: Loop of Lake Ginninderra (7.3km)

BREAKFAST: Black Pepper, 63/1 Beissel Street, Belconnen

• Head south on bike path parallel through the park on Beissel St then east along Emu Bank for short distance then left onto the lake shore.
• There will be restaurants on your right. Cross the bridge and turn left, following the bike path and keeping the lake on your left.
• At the large road bridge, run under the bridge and turn right, looping around to the top of the bridge and cross. Veer right on the other side of the bridge and right again to loop under the bridge.
• The lake will still be on your left. After BBQ/picnic area on left cross the second road bridge and veer left after the bridge.
• Bike path will lead you back to the starting point.

One circuit of the lake is 7.3 km. For a longer run do two loops

MEET: 7.30am at carpark on Forest Drive (east of interchange between Tuggeranong Parkway and Lady Denman Drive – at Yarramundi Reach, near the lake shore)

RUN: Arboretum (9.7km, hilly) – a clockwise loop around the National Arboretum

BREAKFAST: Xchange on London, 7 London Circuit

RUN DETAILS:

• Head west from the gate following Forest Drive then Boundary Road, keeping fence on your left.
• Can also be done in reverse in anticlockwise direction – take Cork Plantation Road on left after entering the Arboretum.
• For a longer run do part of west basin after returning to the car park start.